Don’t forget…

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Oct
27

to check out this weekend’s BookTV schedule.

Heller’s home

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Oct
26

Steven Heller, art director of the NY Times has started a new site. Lots of great books and articles now. Not to mention podacasts of some of his lectures.

There’s a section for a blog. But it’s flagged “coming soon!”. I hate when people do that. If it’s not ready now. Then don’t put it in there. I guess we’ll just have to see how well Heller maintains. And if the blog ever comes to be.

Is it just me?

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Oct
25

Or does this new program seem like a scam?

The above story was brought to light by the hard working folks at Galleycat.

Just Say No…

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Oct
19

to ugly books. Here’s a nifty rant on the looks of books.

I think he has a point. Publishers are cranking out titles by the boatload. Too fast for any serious design and thoughtful consideration to be embedded in the all the covers. True. There are a few. But for the most part, most covers and overall design are ho-hum. Not too mention this gent’s observations on the physical size and trim of books these days.

Don’t forget…

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Oct
19

to check out this weekend’s BookTV schedule.

Twilight Tour

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Oct
19

Jim Baggett of the Birmingham Library is leading an hour-long walking tour of downtown’s notorious historic sites. It’s planned for October 27th at 5:45 pm. Their blog says it’ll cover “murders, mysteries and fallen women”.

How fun does that sound? The weather is perfect and the event is free, though you do need to call them and make a reservation.

I missed it…

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Oct
13

How could I overlook mentioning the Man Booker winner announcement!?

Anyway, as you probably already know Kiran Desai won for The Inheritance of Loss. It was released back in Janurary and is published by Hamish Hamilton.

Don’t forget…

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Oct
13

to check out this weekend’s BookTV schedule.

TV tomorrow

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Oct
7

Michael Dirda is on BookTV this weekend. He’d talking about his Book by Book book. The show airs at 6:30 am (CST) and again at 7:00 pm (CST) on Sunday.

Here’s the rest if this weekend’s schedule 

Next one up

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Oct
3

The Deep South group over on LibraryThing has just started reading “A Confederacy of Dunces“. If you’d like to chime in on the conversation, click on over!